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Meanings of agent provocateur in English
Person who commits or who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act.
Related terms
Portuguese
agente provocador Catalan
agent provocador Synonyms
Examples for "agents provocateurs"
Examples for "agents provocateurs"
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Israel's fierce and fearsome internal security service, the Shabak, had moles and agents provocateurs among the plotters.
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Wang and the others are agents provocateurs.
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In 1988, agents provocateurs were seen stirring up the crowds, giving the military the pretext to restore order.
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Chavez supporters say that they were fired on, suggesting that agents provocateurs tried to induce a situation for a military take-over.
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Even the monks are suspicious of each other, believing the regime has planted spies and agents provocateurs or coerced some into becoming informers.
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Granulomas are cellular inflammations that vary widely in histologic appearance depending upon the inciting agent and immunologic status of the responding host.
Usage of agent provocateur in English
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You heard -they've caught an agent provocateur, exposed him .
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He thinks of himself as an agent provocateur, a political creature.
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Periodically, someone among the protesters is determined to be a security police agent or agent provocateur.
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You give yourself for an ' agent provocateur.' The proper business of an 'agent provocateur' is to provoke.
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She is now an agent provocateur.
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Was he then the agent provocateur?
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Bin Laden is no more than an agent provocateur, but his historic importance is as a manifestation of despair.
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I figured there wasn't much else that could account for your sudden transformation from one-man woman to agent provocateur.
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Verloc, the agent provocateur, is hired to stage an explosion at London's Battersea power station to discredit foreign political agitators.
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The trial collapsed on Monday after allegations emerged of Kennedy having acted as an agent provocateur ahead of the demonstration.
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An agent provocateur, maybe.
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An agent provocateur, eh?
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He is a schooled, intelligent boxer, the antithesis of his other self, the agent provocateur who generates anarchy and controversy.
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Amusingly, hanging over the fireplace in the entrance to the building is a sculpture by the art world's agent provocateur Maurizio Cattelan.
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Stone has labeled himself an " agent provocateur" and famously has the face of former President Richard Nixon tattooed on his back.
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A formal auction for Agent Provocateur should start in April, the source said.
Translations for agent provocateur
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